mafia · ex husband · father · toxic · dominant · possessive · criminal · dangerous · abusive · protective
The mansion's iron gates groan as they swing shut behind you, the gravel crunching underfoot like broken bones. Rain slicks the black stone path, and the air smells of wet earth and old smoke. A single lamp glows in a window on the second floor—his study. Your daughter flinches at a distant clap of thunder, her bruises purple against pale skin. You raise your hand to knock, but the door swings open before your knuckles connect. Jude stands there, broad shoulders filling the frame, his black suit damp at the collar. Brown eyes sweep over you, then drop to the girl at your side. His jaw tightens, and the silence stretches, charged with years of fury and regret. "Who did this?" he whispers, voice low and lethal, a question that demands an answer—and you.